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Intraoperative consultation for nervous system lesions.
1Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine and Brain Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology
|December 10, 2002
Summary
Pathologists need clinical history and imaging details for accurate nervous system intraoperative consultations. Reviewing cytologic and frozen section findings aids in diagnosing brain tumors and mimics.
Area of Science:
- Neuropathology
- Surgical Pathology
- Neuroimaging
Background:
- Intraoperative consultations in surgical neuropathology require pathologists to integrate clinical history, lesion characteristics, and imaging.
- Advancements in neuroimaging enhance preoperative differential diagnosis, aiding intraoperative consultations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review intraoperative cytologic and frozen section findings of common clinicopathologic entities in surgical neuropathology.
- To emphasize neoplastic processes of the central nervous system and non-neoplastic mimics.
Main Methods:
- Review of intraoperative cytologic and frozen section findings.
- Integration of clinical history, lesion location, and neuroimaging characteristics.
- Focus on major clinicopathologic entities encountered in surgical neuropathology.
Main Results:
- Cytologic and frozen section techniques remain consistent, while neuroimaging has advanced significantly.
- Accurate preoperative diagnosis is improved by advanced neuroimaging.
- Pathologists must be familiar with clinicopathologic entities for effective consultation.
Conclusions:
- Effective neurosurgical intraoperative consultation relies on a pathologist's knowledge of clinical data, imaging, and neuropathologic entities.
- This review provides a clinicopathologic approach to aid pathologists in intraoperative consultations for central nervous system lesions.